Eternal Rivals
Chapter Two: Sibling Rivalry
A/N:Here, more time fill for you!
Disclaimer: I don't own SnK please stop reminding me :'( XD
It was rather strange to see scrawny Eren Jaeger weakly throw punches at a sandbag in the school gym one late afternoon. I had to stop my own work out just watch the spectical, wondering how someone so sickly could move so aggressively.
Deciding enough was enough, I refused to let the boy carry on making a fool of himself infront of a room full of jocks.
"Hey, you" I gruffly say wandering up behind him. I see tears of sweat trickle down his forehead as he turns to face me. When he does, I give him a blank look and point to the sandbag. "You're doing it wrong"
Eren's eyes flash with anger, his fists balled at his sides. "Oh, really?" He questions, "How would you know, you're just some gi-"
Before the boney teen has a chance to finish, I pull his arm forward, hooking my right foot behind his ankle so that he falls flat on his back.
A few racous laughs fill the the stuffy room.
"Thats how, now get up and lets finish this before I lose my temper" I mutter sharply.
Once Jaeger is back on his feet, uttering curses under his breath, I tell him to get into a fighting stance. He patheticly lifts his left arm forward and pulls his right arm back. I knee him in the gut straight after.
"Ah, Fuck! What was that f-for?!"
"You were doing it wrong"
"Well why didn't you just say that instead of hitting me?!"
"..."
We stay like this for several minutes, basically me just slapping the poor boy around everytime he gets thins wrong. Which was the whole time, to be honest.
"Alright, stand up"
I pull both of my arms infront of me so that my forearms are protecting my face, and step back slightly with my left foot.
"Now, you try" I command.
Eren gives me this blank look, to which I cry out in frustration.
"For fucks sake, Jaeger!"
I shift so that I'm behind him, and he jumps as I grab his arms to position them correctly. An evident blush spreads across his face.
"Now" I continue hurridly, "When you go for a hit, just swerve your arm out, but twist it as it flies so that the fist is heading for the face"
Following my instruction almost perfectly, we practise for several minutes until I grow bored.
"Good, now you know how to hit a sandbag, just don't try it on actual people, it'll only end badly for you"
I begin to stroll out of the gym, feeling a slight sense of accomplishment, before heading to a vending machine just in the hallway outside.
I feel a presence beside me, Jaeger had followed me out like a lost puppy.
"You're still here?" I ask coldly.
Eren poutes and leans against the machine, watching me as I take out a bottle of water. "Can't I just stay with you until Mikasa comes back or something?" He asks impatiently. I throw him an odd look, now that you mention it...
"Why isn't she with you now?" I question only slightly curious, "You two are hardly ever apart. Infact, why go to the gym if you have a guard dog to fight your battles for you?"
"Don't call her that" he shouts defensively. We head down the hall toward the exit, where I lean against the wall, the cool evening air nice on my face.
"Mikasa doesn't know I decided to go to the gym yet. She doesn't want me to 'overexhert' myself" Eren informs me from the hand railing.
"Why not just go home then, have a shower or something before she gets back" I suggest, wincing at his damp grey shirt. "Its not like Ackerman runs your life just because she's your sister"
The brooding teen shuffles slightly, his forest green eyes overlooking his encircled hands. "You know how protective she is, not wanting me to push myself"
He glances up then, his gleaming eyes boring into mine,
"I need to get stonger, without her interfering"
I'm startled by his tone at first, shocked at his sudden need for independence, so I quickly turn my eyes away to look at the empty bus slots. Nobody sticks around at this time unless they were at extra curricular.
I hear Eren sigh in frustration.
"What is it with you and my sister anyway?" He asks suddenly. I'm slightly suprised by his question, surely he understood our unfriendly relationship by now?
"We just don't get along" I huff quietly, my bangs falling over my eye. "She's just not my kind of person"
The brunette pushes off the hand hand and stomps over to me, blocking my view of the empty bus slots once more.
He shoves his hands into his pockets and looks me in the eyes again, his own sparkling with something I can't quit detect.
"If that's all, then why do treat Armin and I so unfairly too?"
When I don't respond, he growls in frustration, gritting his teeth together.
"People always avoid me because of my sister. They're scared of looking at me the wrong way in fear that she might beat them up or something"
He pauses, giving me that same look again, "Except you"
I don't like the vibe I'm getting from him, so I shove past Eren and begin to walk home, ignoring his calls from behind me.
"I'm not like her, Annie! We could be real friends!"
Yeah, if it were only that simple.
I sit by my bedroom window and gaze at the darkened sky.
The house is empty, like usual, father stays late at work, sometimes overnight, and mom...still dead it would seem.
It doesn't matter really, I was never close to either one of them from an early age. Maybe it's because I take after my father, distand and unaffectionate. That must be it, as I can't even recall what my own mother sounded like anymore.
It's cold outside, so cold I can even trace my name across the glass of the window pane. I wonder what my friends are doing right now?
Sleeping, probably, its is late. I don't know why I do this, sit looking outside until its way past any decent hour. But what else can I do? There's no-one else here to entertain me, and like I said, my friends arn't available at this hour.
I lie on my bed and stare at the ceiling, the silence of the house only broken by the slow humming of the traffic outside.
"Braus! What have I told you about eating in my lab!"
Professor Hanji was a strange character, one second she was this happy-go-lucky teacher, the next a raging pychopath.
Yep, she was a weird one, though to her credit at least it makes lessons more entertaining.
"Alright, guys" said woman begins, taking out a cloth to wipe her spectacles, "I know you don't always like homework what with the winter season coming up and all, so I decided to be more creative and set you all a fun-filled project! Isn't that exciting?"
A collective of sighs resonate across the class, myself also not liking the though of another 'fun' project.
"Unless its some Breaking Bad type stuff, I'm out!" Reiner yells from the back of he labratory. The professor adjusts her glasses.
"Well no, that's a little hardcore for a bunch of Juniors don't ya' agree? Nope, the exciting part is...I've assigned partners for you all!"
More groans and irritated sighs.
Hanji begins reciting a list of names for the remainder of the lesson, of which I block out until my name was called.
"Leonhart, you're with Jaeger for this one"
I hear a pencil snap behind me, and I peer over my shoulder to see Ackerman glaring daggers. Eren sits beside her, a wide grin plastered on his face.
Thanks alot, Hanji.
Smirking, I give him a single wave,
"Looks like we're partners now, gym buddy"
Ackerman throws him a confused glance, to which his smile falters abit. "Uh, yeah, looks that way"
The leaves of autum crunch under my boot with each step. Reiner talks away as we walk home, an idiotic grin n his face.
"Did ya' see the look on Ymir's face? Like somebody just shot her puppy or something!"
"That so" I manage to reply, not really paying much attention.
"Yeah, see, nows my chance to show Krista how smart I really am! Heck, she'll be eating out of my palm by the end of the project for sure!"
I roll my eyes, this guy is insurferable at times.
"You plan on courting her with your vast knowledge of a plant's life cycle?"
He slows down his pace, scratching the back of his head.
"Plants? Why would I know anything about-"
"I told you never to come back here! What part of never don't you understand?!"
The sound of two heated male voices draw our attention away from plants for the moment.
"You can't stop me from living my life, Grisha!"
"What life could possibly await you after what... what you have done?!"
"One that I don't want you interfering in!"
Reiner pulls me behind a tree, and we wait for a few minutes until the two men stop arguing.
"Levi, I know you want to move on as much as the rest of us...but why do it here? In the exact same town as-"
"Alright! I get it! I will make sure to stay well away from her, it's not like she'd remember me anyway"
After the two part ways, I step out from behind the tree, Reiner in tow.
"I wonder what they were talking about?" He ponders.
"Nothing too important if they were willing to yell about it in the middle of the park"
I can't help but stay my mind on that name however as we continue the trek home. Grisha, where have I heard that name before?
I sit awake that night pondering over that same name, searching through my memory until it can be placed.
It's not like I care that much about it, but when things like this seems so familiar, I just know that I already have the answer in the back of my mind. The harsh light from my phne brings me out of my thoughts.
'One New Message'
'Unknown'
This better not be a scam or something...
'Hey there Annie :) thought U might want 2 make plans 4 the project xxx'
How the fuck did Jaeger get my number.
'Hello Eren. Firstly, how did you get mh number? Second, don't type like you are eleven years old'
He replies almost immediatly,
'Sorry, I don't use my phone much. Anyway, so do you want to come to mine or what? For the project I mean...xx'
I grip the device tighter. Yeah, like I'd go to the demon's lair, where a certain raven haired monster recides. No thanks.
Monster? She's not that bad.
Shut up logical me, like you know anything.
'Actually, why don't you come to my house instead? It's just going to be me, so there won't be any distractions'
I don't wait for a reply, falling asleep to the darkness of my room.
A/N: few finally. Sorry for long, broken chapter. I write on paper first, so this is how past me wrote this haha. Anyway, more events will happen soon, hopefullh MikAnnie at some point xD
Until next time :D